The Westward Expansion - 462 words
The Westward Expansion The westward expansion was
a new concept for Americans in the 1770s. In their
minds there was a abundance of land out west just
waiting to be claimed. The people that moved out
west thought they were doing no harm, but in
reality they committing genocide which is the
complete annihilation of an entire race of people.
If somebody is taking things from you that is very
special to you what is your natural reaction?. Its
to fight back and try to regain the special thing
back. That is what the native Americans did to the
settlers started to take there land so they
started to defend it. But no we didnt get the
clue. We had no real consideration toward the
native Americans. W ...
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Westward Expansion - 1,205 words
Westward Expansion the right of our manifest
destiny to over spread to possess the whole of the
continent which Providence has given to us for the
development of the great experiment of liberty and
federative development of the self government
entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the
tree to the space of air and the earth suitable
for the full expansion of its principle and
destiny of growth ..John.L OSullivan Manifest
Destiny can be described as a phenomen that
created Americas history, a movement that would
embody American beliefs and American culture, it
implied imperialistic expansion that the Americans
believed was there right, this right led to
hardships, several wars and hosti ...
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Westward Expansion - 1,236 words
... er groups to move West with the American Dream
held strong in the hearts of many. The animosity
with the Mexicans finally came to rise in the
Mexican-American wars which spanned from
1846-1848. The reasons for the eruption of the
hostilities included the annexation of Texas in
1845, claims of property damage by US citizens
against the Mexican government and the desire of
the United States to acquire California into their
boundaries (manifest destiny). After failed
negotiations in 1845 regarding land, the movement
of an American army was considered as act of
aggression and Mexican troops were sent to protect
their land, in turn America declared war on 13th
May 1846. The Mexicans lacked re ...
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Westward Expansion - 2,038 words
Westward Expansion The Westward Expansion has
often been regarded as the central theme of
American history, down to the end of the19th
century and as the main factor in the shaping of
American history. As Frederick Jackson Turner
says, the greatest force or influence in shaping
American democracy and society had been that there
was so much free land in America and this
profoundly affected American society. Motives
After the revolution, the winning of independence
opened up the Western country and was hence
followed by a steady flow of settlers to the
Mississippi valley. By 1840, 10 new western states
had been added to the Federal union. The frontier
line ran through Iowa, Missouri and Arkans ...
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Westward Expansion - 2,010 words
... years. The building of a transcontinental
railroad with the financial assistance of the
government was debated upon. Also the question of
slavery in the newly acquired territories was a
more troubling issue and this decided the fate of
the United States for the next few years. Manifest
Destiny F. Merk in his book Manifest Destiny says
"a sense of mission to redeem the old world by
high example was generated in pioneers of
idealistic spirit on their arrival in the new
world." It was generated by the immense potential
in the virgin land of the American continents.
Successive generations also gave this sense of
mission life in various ways from the struggle of
religious liberty in Plymouth ...
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American History - 1,092 words
American History Although Britians North American
colonies had enjoyed considerable prosperity
during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth
centuries, beginning with the Stamp Act in 1765
the British government began to put pressures on
them, largely in the form of taxes and new trade
restrictions, that drew increasingly resistance.
(Out of Many, 133) One big reason that the loyal
British citizens in North America were transformed
into rebels is because of the taxes. It was not
the prices of the tax, because Britain had one of
the lowest taxes in the world at that time, it was
the fact that Parliament had so much
representation over them. The British empire was a
mercantile market. They ...
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American Revolution - 3,384 words
American Revolution In the aftermath of the French
and Indian War, Britain needed a new imperial
design, but the situation in America was anything
but favorable to change. Long accustomed to a
large measure of independence, the colonies were
demanding more, not less, freedom, particularly
now that the French menace had been eliminated. To
put a new system into effect, and to tighten
control, Parliament had to contend with colonists
trained in self-government and impatient with
interference. One of the first things that British
attempted was the organization of the interior.
The conquest of Canada and of the Ohio Valley
necessitated policies that would not alienate the
French and Indian inhab ...
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American Revolution - 635 words
American Revolution ?The American Revolution:
Revolutionary or Not? In determining whether or
not the American Revolution was a true revolution,
one must clearly define the term ?revolution?.
Historians believe that for a war to be deemed a
revolution it must encompass social, religious,
economic, and intellectual dimensions as well as
political change. I believe that the American
Revolution conclusively exhibited all of these
dimensions. Socially, America began with modern
values unlike those of their British ancestry. The
moral of equality was the foundation on which our
nation began. When the tension grew between the
colonies and England, the new ideology spread and
began to widen to incl ...
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Articles Of Confederation - 1,052 words
Articles Of Confederation In the 1770's, as
America's great thinkers and writers were
declaring their desire for independence; they also
established a committee to lay the foundation for
the American form of government. These brilliant
writers and philosophers hesitantly began
designing the national level of government for use
in America and named their final draft the
Articles of Confederation . Out of their utter
distrust of a centralized government, due to their
association with the English monarchial system,
the drafters deliberately established these
articles as a loose confederation of states,
rather than a firmly united nation. Life under the
Articles of Confederation was filled with ...
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Civil War - 3,706 words
... iority. They also feared competition from
freed slaves for their trades. The economic
viability of slavery is a debatable issue. Slavery
as an efficient labor system was not feasible, as
the slaves did not have enough compulsion to do
more than would be extracted from them by force.
Slavery made the souths economic system less
flexible and progressive. The success of
plantation agriculture hindered the growth of a
more diversified economy. The reluctance of white
men to work as a free labor force due to the
social stigma attached to it meant that the
economy never progressed beyond the rural
character to industrialization uniformly. Huge
profits were made by businessmen at the expense of ...
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Dances With Wolves - 346 words
Dances With Wolves A major problem in the
nineteenth century was westward expansion.
Although the final outcome was good, it was a
struggle to move the country into the wilderness.
The government was greedy and wanted to take the
Native Americans' land away from them. As a
political leader in that time, I would not allow
such a thing to happen. The Indians would be
treated with respect and able to keep their land.
The white Americans would be expected to treat
them as equals, rather than savages. As depicted
in "Dances With Wolves," soldiers ruthlessly
killed Indians on sight. They didn't care if they
were a threat or not because they were told by
their superiors the Indians either had to be ...
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Emancipation Proclamation - 805 words
Emancipation Proclamation Tim Macko Feb 9, 2000
Hist 253 Paper 1 In Free Soil, Free Labor, Free
Men, by Eric Foner, a new political party of the
period of the mid-1800's is examined. This was a
party that had the partnership of the President of
the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It was not
only his beliefs but the beliefs of this political
party, the republican party, that helped build
tension into what would become the Civil War. It
was founded as a pro-active party, a party of
doers, not sayers. They wanted people to act on
behalf of their beliefs and make a change in the
world. Northern society was based on the idea of
free labor. That a man could make himself in
society by working hard. ...
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For Two Centuries, Americans Had Been Progressively Taking Over And Establishing - 213 words
For two centuries, Americans had been
progressively taking over and establishing a
continent. People felt that westward expansion
between the 17th century and the 1840s was golden,
but dangerous. People felt it was feasible only
through patient work and timorous calamities. With
each year of national growth, the confidence and
power of the people was magnified, and every step
forward divulged a broader horizon. Americans
began to feel that the whole continent was to be
theirs to do as they please with. It was theirs to
exploit and theirs to make into a great, unified
nation. This was a land of opportunity, a showcase
to manifest the goodness of democratic
institutions, tangible proof that th ...
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How Much Land Does A Man Need By Leo Tolstoy - 988 words
"How Much Land Does A Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy
The Greed of Americans During Westward Expansion
The story, "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", by
Leo Tolstoy is a story about Americans taking
advantage of the Indians. Although it is set in
Russia, it is about the greed that many people had
at the time and the outcome of that greed. The
opening scene represents the Europeans coming over
to America. During that time, the mid-1800s, the
Europeans were rich and their relatives in America
were poor. The younger sister in the story
represents the Americans and the older sister
represents the Europeans. The poor Americans, like
the younger sister in the story, did not mind
having to work hard all th ...
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It Could Be Said That Benjamin Franklin Was Truly The Enlightened American Of His - 674 words
It could be said that Benjamin Franklin was truly
the enlightened American of his time. He was a
pioneer in the study of electricity and is
world-renowned for his ideas and inventions.
Today, after two hundred years, his name is still
remembered by millions, and his influence is still
felt world-wide. A man as great as this deserves
some sort of remembrance for all that he
accomplished. Recently there has been talk of
adding a fifth visage to Mount Rushmore, someone
who is in keeping with the four great men
currently displayed. Benjamin Franklin's
achievements as an inventor, discoverer, and
statesman well deserve him a place on this great
monument. During his lifetime, Benjamin Franklin
gav ...
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Louisiana Purchase - 2,518 words
Louisiana Purchase Several great American
Statesmen were pivotal in shaping and molding the
government of the United States. History has since
forgotten some of these founding fathers. The ones
remembered throughout history are those we hold up
for their accomplishments. Thomas Jefferson is one
of the American Statesmen that stands out from the
rest as being one of the greatest contributors to
our present form of government. Historian Robert
Tucker described Jefferson's life as being a
paradox. He was a slave holder that was not
necessarily in favor of this form of servitude. He
also associated himself with the yeoman farmer,
yet he traveled in company with a cosmopolitan
flair. So it is to ...
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Manifest Destiny - 685 words
Manifest Destiny MANIFEST DESTINY Manifest Destiny
took place in the US in the mid-1800. Manifest
Destiny was used among the Americans in the 1840's
as a defense for U.S. territorial expansion. It is
the presumption that God had destined the American
people to at divine mission of American movement
and conquest in the name of Christianity and
democracy. In order to understand manifest destiny
we must first find its' origin. John O'Sullivan
first initiated manifest destiny into America in
1845. This New York editor wrote the phrase that
captured this mood when he attempted to explain
American's thirst for westward expansion he wrote:
the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to
overspread the c ...
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Robert Bly - 1,242 words
Robert Bly Throughout the 20th century, Robert Bly
has provided a wealth of poetry on a wide variety
of topics. Alongside his themes, Robert Bly has
also developed different stylistic methods to
convey those thoughts. Such themes vary to this
day, dealing with issues that have personally
affected him, and also those of society in
general. His poetry is a time-line pondering
solitude, the Vietnam War, nature, frustration and
relationships among all sorts, conveyed not only
in conventional stanzas, but in a form called
"prose" poetry as well. Contributing and inspiring
to many, the work of Robert Bly provides an
interesting take on American poetry. Robert Blys'
first collection of poems were r ...
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Sonntag Vs The Unabomber - 722 words
Sonntag Vs. The Unabomber Expansion vs.
Preservation William Sonntag was acclaimed in the
1850s as a painter of the dramatic landscape. In
his painting "Garden of the Gods," Sonntag
portrays a family in the time of the westward
expansion. The very subtle painting, expressed by
its loose brushwork, captures the shifting
atmospheric contrasts of light and dark. Apparent
in the painting is a family struggling to survive
in nature. In the bottom left corner of the
painting is a weather beaten shack, the home of
the struggling family. This painting brings out
the "live of the land" mentality, but it also
incorporates the idea of expansion. When you think
about life today, do we really need to exp ...
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